The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is proposing to weaken fair lending laws by eliminating efforts to combat ...

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB or Bureau) has proposed an unprecedented, far‑reaching rewrite of Regulation B (Reg B) under the ...

Time is dwindling in the current Supreme Court session, and the justices have yet to offer their opinion on a case connected with the use of disparate impact, one of the sharpest tools the Consumer ...

TREATING AMERICANS EQUALLY: Today, President Donald J. Trump signed an Executive Order eliminating the use of disparate-impact liability in various contexts to ensure equal treatment under the law.

President Donald Trump on Wednesday moved to dislodge a cornerstone of modern civil rights law through a sweeping executive order that strips the federal government of the key tool it used to enforce ...

The U.S. civil rights agency responsible for enforcing worker rights will stop investigating complaints about company policies that don’t explicitly discriminate but may disproportionately harm ...

Though it received less attention than some of President Donald Trump’s other executive orders, the principles embodied in EO 14281, “Restoring Equality of Opportunity and Meritocracy,” are ...

The Supreme Court has reaffirmed disparate impact liability numerous times, and President Trump’s April 23 executive order does not inhibit private plaintiffs’ ability to file civil claims. Authors’ ...

Even as the government shutdown stalls work in Washington, D.C., the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission is taking additional steps to undermine its mission. The primary federal agency charged by ...

Sara H. Jodka of Dickinson Wright PLLC discusses issues raised over AI in hiring and protections against discrimination, and notes the increased role of state agencies following a federal executive ...